Check out the card above. It is a 2006 Fleer Greats of the Game "Nickname Greats" autographed card of Jay Johnstone. Notice, though, that it is clearly not Jay Johnstone in that photo. Johnstone had crazy curly hair. Besides, the man in the photo above looks way too serious, and that's not a word I don't think anyone would ever use to describe this renowned prankster.

He pulled off a number of infamous pranks during his playing days, including placing a soggy brownie inside Steve Garvey's first base mitt, setting teammate's cleats on fire (known as "hot-footing"), cutting out the crotch area of Rick Sutcliffe's underwear, locking Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda
in his office during spring training, once dressing up as a
groundskeeper and sweeping the Dodger Stadium infield in between innings
and then hitting homers the next, nailing teammate's cleats to the
floor, and replacing the celebrity photos in manager Lasorda's office
with pictures of himself, Jerry Reuss and Don Stanhouse.
One time, during pre-game warm ups, he climbed atop the Dodger dugout
and, in full game uniform, walked through the field boxes at Dodger
Stadium to the concession stand and got a hot dog. He also once dressed
up in Lasorda's uniform (with padding underneath) and ran out to the
mound to talk to the pitcher while carrying Lasorda's book and a can of Slim Fast.

Anyway, does anyone have a guess as to who is in the photo above?

BTW, I first got wind that this was a wrong photo through Dodger Bobble in a post earlier this year. Some of the commentators on that post think it may be Jim Lefebvre. What do you think?

The Dodgers shared a great vintage pic on twitter of the Dodgers marching in (I believe) the 1955 World Series victory parade with Dodgers batboy, Charlie "The Brow" DiGiovanna," leading the pack. BTW, Charlie is well known to collectors as the brilliant ghost signer for many Dodger players.

The Dodgers lost a member of the family recently. Longtime Dodgers equipment manager “Super Dave” David Wright recently passed away, via Dodgers photographer Jon SooHoo. Jon shared a photo of him, here. RIP. BTW, here is something I didn't realize, the Dodgers have had only 3 equipment managers since they've been in LA.

So, I said to Mark Walter, the head Guggenheim, if we’re going to do the
Dodgers there’s someone I want you to meet that will fit perfect into
join our group and that was Magic. I had known him for many, many years
from my time in the NBA, so we met, hit it off and decided to have us
all come together. And, in doing so, the three elements that our group
brought to the table was Guggenheim and all the resources they could
provide. There was me with my experience in building baseball
franchises, and then there’s Magic, who singlehandedly embodies winning
and a dedication to fans in Los Angeles like no other human being on
earth. So, we thought if we put those three things together we’d be a
very strong combination.

FYI, the pair of gloves worn by Muhammad Ali in his 1971 bout against Joe Frazier recently sold at SCP Auctions at the record price of $385,848.00. This boxing match was called "The Fight of the Century." As Sports Collectors Daily notes, this (along with the gloves Ali wore against Sonny Liston in 1964) sold at world record values. See the Ali vs. Frazier gloves at right.

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